APSE Performance Networks Seminar 2022

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One of the biggest events in the local government calendar, a summary of the speakers, workshops and forums from APSE’s most recent annual benchmarking seminar in Blackpool can be found here. 

Thursday 1 December

Presentations

Local government services: A view from Sweden
Johanna Ragnartz, Keep Sweden Tidy

Public opinion on public service spending and the economy
Damian Lyons-Lowe, Survation

Monitoring post-pandemic performance: have we recovered?
Debbie Johns, APSE

Thematic Forums

Forum 1: Managing demand post-Covid
Mike Brown, Liverpool Streetscene Services Ltd and Andy Mudd, APSE solutions

Forum 2: Are ‘green’ indicators the most important?
Mike Cockburn, Wirral Council, Fiona Sutton-Wilson, APSE training and Charlotte Banks, APSE

Forum 3: Workforce matters
Terry Pycroft, Leeds City Council and Mo Baines, APSE

Forum 4: APSE council of the year 2022 – Eastleigh Borough Council
Paul Naylor, Eastleigh Borough Council and Paul O’Brien, APSE

Forum 5: Inspection Apps for public spaces
Stuart Russo, City of Bradford Council, Debbie Johns, Head of performance networks and Ian Jones, APSE associate

Workshops

Workshop A: Building cleaning and catering
Jayne Jones, Argyll and Bute, Anne Goldie, South Lanarkshire Council, Gordon Scott and Stuart Nicol, East Ayrshire Council, Vickie Hacking, APSE principal advisor and Louise Melville, APSE Principal Advisor

Workshop B: Building maintenance (housing and non-housing)
Ross Grieve, Fife Council, Linda Mickleburgh-Benn, Wigan Council, Charlotte Banks, APSE Principal Advisor and Colin McInnes, APSE associate

Workshop C: Cemetery and crematorium services
Rebecca Patton, Warrington Borough Council, Steve Jones, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Fiona Sutton-Wilson, Head of APSE training, Peter Linsell, APSE associate

Workshop D: Parks, street cleansing and streetscene
Emma Berry, South Lanarkshire Council, Jimmy Unsworth, Halton Borough Council, Stuart Russo, Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Wayne Priestley, APSE Principal Advisor, Dave Henrys, APSE associate and Ian
Jones, APSE associate

Workshop E: Refuse collection
Barbara Leach, Defra, John Rhodes, North Warwickshire Borough Council, Barbara Leach, DEFRA, Abi Ademiluyi, Principal Advisor, APSE and Peter Kirkbride, APSE Associate

Workshop F: Roads/highways, winter maintenance and street lighting
Justin Blades, Institution of Lighting Professionals, Keith Benson, Wigan Council, Mo Baines, Deputy Chief Executive, APSE and Andrew Martin, APSE associate

Workshop G: Sports and leisure
Emma Bernstein, Strategic Projects Lead, Sport England, Andrew Wilesmith, Ipswich Borough Council, Rob Bailey, APSE principal advisor and Mark Allman, APSE associate

Workshop H: Transport
Andy Mudd, Head of APSE solutions and Pete Johnson, APSE associate

Friday 2 December

Cost of living and inflation crisis – impact on front line services
Paul Bellotti, Executive Director of Communities and Environment, East Riding of Yorkshire Council